Special Education Resource Room Teacher - McMahon Elementary School

SUMMARY: Responsible for planning instruction and/or adaptation of the education program to enable students to benefit from educational experiences. Salary Range: $41,286.41 - $77,875.35 Stipend Lewiston Public Schools offers a robust employee benefits package for full-time employees, including: health insurance with up to 85% of the premium paid by the employer; dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability insurance; flexible spending and dependent care accounts; Maine Public Employee, 403(b) and 457 retirement plans; 15 paid sick days per year; tuition reimbursement and more! ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. Other duties may be assigned. Builds trust and confidence with students. Plans curriculum, lessons, and special ed programs and teaching methods. Maintains the physical environment of the classroom for organization and presentation purposes. Encourage good citizenship. Instructs individuals and groups on Special Ed skill areas. Monitors student progress in and outside resource room. Modifies curriculum. Maintains contact with parents of students. Evaluates student progress based on work output and observation, determines goals, objectives and directions. Prepares report cards, educational records, IEP forms, classroom observation records, and other forms. Participates in weekly building Special Ed. Committee Meetings Administers testing evaluations. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: supervises students QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelors degree in education with experience in Special Education preferred. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Valid Teaching certificate with one or more special education endorsements.   LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from individuals and groups.   REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.   OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:   Existing knowledge of behavioral interventions and strategies and capable of sharing this knowledge to stakeholders.   PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk.   The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds for example school supplies and books. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and the ability to adjust focus.   WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.           The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. Lewiston Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Salary : $41,286 - $77,875